FIRST MERCHANTS CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Oct 2, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
CIK: 0000712534
Period of Report: 2012-09-28

Reporting Person: Stewart Michael J (Chief Banking Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-09-28	Common Stock	P	88.000	$11.9214	Acquired	39728.879	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Employee Stock Option totals 24,000 shares.

F2: Includes 1,315.347 shares held in 401(k) retirement account and 33,056.170 restricted stock awards.